'Family Circus' Creator Bil Keane (1922-2011)

Bil Keane, a Phoenix cartoonist, started drawing Family Circus in 1960.

The artist was born in Pennsylvania, served in the Army, met his wife (and inspiration for his "Mommy" character) in Australia, and landed in Paradise Valley just a year before he began documenting much of his family life and odd daily circumstances in Family Circus.